And I've seen it a lot, too. It's really irritating. And I think even ppl who know better still refer to god in terms that are a little too figuratively human sometimes....
Going back to your earlier question about why not just call god infinity, I think there's a difference between an infinity that just exists (let's imagine the cosmos are infinitely voluminous...) and an infinity that creates or is active in any way other than simply existing [perhaps an infinity that is a source of finite] so I think that differentiation is necessary--but it does lead to some trouble because infinity is really hard, well, impossible, to imagine and a lot of the time ppl just give up on being clear that god is infinite and move right into thinking of god as a loving uncle (which is incorrect)...
I don't think just using "infinity" would change that basic confusion which stems from a failure to really understand that infinity is basically incomprehensible to us, and I think it ~would~ lose the differentiation from infinity (as an endless cosmos would exemplify) as a quality and god as the concept of an active- or source-infinite.
And I'm probably losing a bit of clarity by resorting to "active" as a descriptor, but it's the best I can just just now...
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And I've seen it a lot, too. It's really irritating. And I think even ppl who know better still refer to god in terms that are a little too figuratively human sometimes....
Going back to your earlier question about why not just call god infinity, I think there's a difference between an infinity that just exists (let's imagine the cosmos are infinitely voluminous...) and an infinity that creates or is active in any way other than simply existing [perhaps an infinity that is a source of finite] so I think that differentiation is necessary--but it does lead to some trouble because infinity is really hard, well, impossible, to imagine and a lot of the time ppl just give up on being clear that god is infinite and move right into thinking of god as a loving uncle (which is incorrect)...
I don't think just using "infinity" would change that basic confusion which stems from a failure to really understand that infinity is basically incomprehensible to us, and I think it ~would~ lose the differentiation from infinity (as an endless cosmos would exemplify) as a quality and god as the concept of an active- or source-infinite.
And I'm probably losing a bit of clarity by resorting to "active" as a descriptor, but it's the best I can just just now...